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Jan. 31, 1956 l. E. SABIN GLOVE Filed April 7, 1954 /RE/VE E.

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SAB/N GLOVE Irene E. Sabin, Youngstown, Ohio, assigner to Sabin Company Gloves, Youngstown, Ohio, a corporation of Ohio Application April 7, 1954, serial No. 421,494

z Claims. (c1. 2-169) This invention relates to a glove and more particularly to a welders glove.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a glove having a novel thumb and palm portion acting to place the seam joining the same to the remainderl of the glove in an out of the way location.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a glove having a novel combination palm and thumb front portion arranged to position the thumb of the glove in usable position adjacent the palm and finger portions of the glove without the presence of an intervening seam as has heretofore been the case in glove formations.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a novel glove formation in which the thumb back portion is inset in the area of the palm portion of the glove in registry with and secured at its peripheral edge to a thumb section of the palm portion of the glove.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a glove particularly suitable for a Welder in which most of the seams heretofore required have been eliminated and those remaining are positioned in unobjectionable locations.

The glove disclosed herein comprises an improvement in the art of workmans gloves and particularly gloves worn by Welders. A welders glove to be satisfactory must not only protect the welders hands from heat and abrasion but be so devised that the seams by which the various portions of the gloves are secured to one another are protected from the sparks attendant tothe welding operation.

In gloves heretofore known in the art, intumed seams have been utilized as well as seams with welts, both of which constructions appear in the presently disclosed glove. However, such prior art gloves normally form the back and palm portions separate from the cuff portions of the gloves.

In the present glove the palm and back portions and their adjacent cuff portions are integral. More importantly, in prior art gloves the palm portion was normally formed to include the finger extensions and the thumb extensions in substantial vertical alignment with respect to the palm portion.

When it is considered that in use the thumb portion of the glove is normally in offset spaced relation to the palm and finger portions of the glove, it is apparent that the previous arrangement of the thumb portion of the gloves positioned an undesirable seam between the front of the thumb and the fingers of the glove when in use, thereby making it difiicult for the workman to accurately hold or sense the position of a tool by touch as is desirable. 1

In the present glove the front of the thumb is formed as a downwardly and sidewardly projecting section of the palm portion which is then folded upwardly into the palm portion so that there is no intervening seam as the back of the thumb is a separate inset piece secured at its peripheral edge to the thumb section on seams lying on the outer sides of the thumb portion due to the upwardly 2. folded position of the thumb portion with respect to the palm and finger portions of the glove. The construction thereby achieves the desirable object of minimizing the seams and at the same time locating them in unobjectionable relation to the working surfaces of the glove.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, A

it being the intention to cover all changes and modifications of the example of the invention herein chosen for purposes of the disclosure, which do not constitutefde-Y partures from the spirit and scope ofthe invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front plan view of the glove showingthe palm and upturned thumb portions. t

Figure 2 is a front plan view of the glove shown Vin Figure 1 illustrating the thumb portion'in downturnedrelation.

Figure 3 is a cross section in enlarged detail taken on line 3 3 of Figure 2.

Figure 4 is a composite view showing the palm blank, back blank, thumb blank and one of the fourchette portions of the glove.

By referring to Figure 4 of the drawings it will be seen that the palm portion of the glove is` generally indicated by the numeral 10 with the integral thumb front section 11 extending outwardly and downwardly with respect thereto as formed in the blank illustrated.

The cuff portion 12 is integrally formed with the palm 10 as are the front portions of the fingers 13-13.

The back portion of the glove is formed from a back a blank 14 which has an integral cuff portion 1S and integral finger back portions 16-16. Y

The thumb back portion is formed from a separate blank 17 as also illustrated in Figure 4 of the drawings and three fourchettes 18 are positioned vin folded V- shaped relation between the fingers of the assembled glove, as best shown in Figures l and 2 ofthe drawings. One of the fourchettes is illustrated in blank form in Figure 4 of the drawings.

It will thus be seen that the' complete glove is formed from six portions of suitable material, such as leather, with welt material added between certain of the seam as hereinafter disclosed.

The glove is formed by assembling the palm blank 10 to the back blank 14 and insetting the thumb back blank 17 and the three fourchettes 18. The seams are all inturned and a welt i9, as best shown in Figures l, 2 and 3 of the drawings, is added to the seam constructions joining portions of the thumb section 11 to the thumb back 17 and along one of the seams joining the palm portion 10 to the back portion 14.

The seams are formed as disclosed in the cross section of Figure 3 of the drawings and the finished glove is then turned inside out so that the seams are internally positioned and thus protected against ying sparks which would otherwise burn the thread used in forming the seams. The presence of the welt 19 on the foremost portions of the glove with respect to a welding operation efficiently serve to prevent lodging of sparks of burning metal, etc., into the area of the seams thus protected.

The principal novelty of the glove disclosed herein relates to the formation of the thumb front section 11 as an integral outwardly and downwardly extending portion of the palm or glove front 10, as shown in the blank in Figure 4 of the drawings, and in the assembled glove in Figure 2 of the drawings.

It will be seen that when the thumb section 11 of the palm section 10 of the glove is folded upwardly inwardly upon the palm section, as upon the dotted line A in Pitented Jan. 31, 1956 Figure 2 of the drawings, the section 11 is brought into face-to-face proximity with the palm portion and the fronts of the finger portions 1'3 thereof without the presence of any intervening seams.

A workmans hand placed in the glove as fshown in Figure l will find the thumb and finger stalls in vertical alignment with the thumb portion lying partially over the'palm portion as is the case when the thumb is moved into opposing relation to the fingers as in grasping a tool or welding torch, etc.

It will thus be seen that the construction avoids the heretofore common error of positioning the thumb at one side of the palm portion in ywhich position the intervening seam becomes vobjectionable when the thumb is moved into opposed relation to the fingers.

In addition to providing a superior structure, the glove construction disclosed herein simplifies the forming operation in that fewer blanks are employed and fewer seams are necessary to join the same. In the finished glove the fewer seams render the same more secure against accidental burning of the seams and thereby achieve the principal object of the invention.

It will be observed by referring to Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings that the thumb back portion 17 is inset into the area of the palm portion 10 by an inturned seam 20 which extends from the side adjacent the welt 19 and its associated seam 21 around the peripheral edge of the thumb back portion 17, into the central area of the palm portion 10 and then back to the side seam 21.

The side seam 21 extends along the thumb side of the glove and is bifurcated between the fingers as at 22-22 and extends down the opposite side of the glove which is indicated by the numeral 23.

The outermost portion of the cuff sections 12 and 15 are inturned and joined by a seam 24, as best shown in Figures 1 and 2 of the drawings, and the entire glove is lined with an integrally attached lining of suitable fabric which is secured to the seam 23 along the one side of the glove and at the seam 24 along the cuff of the glove. The lining is otherwise free within the glove and is indicated in Figures 1 and 3 of the drawings by the numerals 25.

It will thus be seen that the glove construction herein disclosed meets the several objects of the invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is:

1. In a glove having a back portion with integral outwardly projecting finger back-sections, a plurality of fourchettes and a palm portion with integral outwardly projecting finger front sections and an oppositely disposed integral inwardly extending cuff section; a thumb f front integrally formed in a central side portion of said palm portion .midway between the outer and inner ends of said palm portion, a section of said palm portion being cut away immediately below said thumb front, said thumb front having an extension beyond the adjacent side of Said palm portion, said thumb front lying on an axis perpendicular to a diagonal fold line extending partially across said palm portion at the inner end of said thumb front from the inner end of said cutaway portion to the outer side of said palm portion adjacent the outer side of said thumb front, a thumb back secured at its inner edges to said palm portion and positioned partially within said cutaway portion and having its other edges secured to the edges of said thumb front, and the side edges of said back portion and palm portion secured to one another, said finger back sections, fourchettes and finger front sections having their respective edges secured to one another, the attached edges of said palm portion and back portion lying on a common longitudinal line outwardly and inwardly of said thumb front section of said glove.

2. In a glove, .a back `portion having an integrally formed cuff extension on an inner end and integrally formed finger back extensions on the other outer end, a palm portion having an integrally formed cuff on an inner end and a plurality of integrally formed finger front sections on 'the other louter end, a thumb front comprising an integral section of said palm portion projecting outwardly and oppositely to said finger front sections and positioned so as to be foldable inwardly upon said palm portion on a diagonal fold line extending from a point on one side of the ygloveabove said projecting thumb front section to a central area of said palm portion, said palm portion having a cutaway area extending from one side thereof below said ythumb front inwardly to a central point and defining an inner part of said thumb front, a thumb back portion partly disposed in said cutaway area and secured to said thumb front around the edges thereof and to the palm portion and back portion adjacent said edges and seams securing the sides of said palm and back portions to one another and the finger portions to one another.

Referenccs Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 883,334 Newman Mar. 31, 1908 1,143,093 Urwicl; June 15, 1915 1,620,643 Gillian Mar. 15, 1927 2,092,318 Lindfelt Sept. 7, 1937 2,632,172 Hagstrom Mar. 24, 1953 2,642,573 Huck June 23, 1953 

